Executive Summary Gartner and Forrester have a long term history of overstating what they can do for most vendors. We cover the accuracy of their sales pitch to medium and small vendors. Video Introduction: How IT Analyst Firms Like Gartner and Forrester Overpromise Marketing Exposure to Vendors Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)…
Executive Summary Gartner will promote any IT construct regardless of its validity in return for vendor money. Hyperconvergence and Gartner’s hyperconvergence MQ is yet another example of this. Introduction We have tracked a pattern by Gartner where they put their weight behind something that lacks any evidence for its existence. We found this yet again…
Executive Summary Brightwork Research & Analysis estimated the amount of money paid to Gartner every year. We cover how we arrived at our figure. Video Introduction: Understanding The Brightwork Estimate of The Amount of Money Paid by SAP to Gartner Per Year Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) We sometimes are questioned how…
Executive Summary Gartner proposes it has no bias, and their massive revenues from vendors do not impact their Magic Quadrant ratings. We performed a machine learning study to see if Gartner is correct. Video Introduction: A Machine Learning Study of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant Bias Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) In 2006, InformationWeek…
Executive Summary The last thing most IT analysts like Gartner want is an accurate TCO. This article explains why Gartner prefers an underestimated TCO. Video Introduction: Why IT Analysts Don’t Want TCO Calculated Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Gartner, the IT analyst company, was one of the first entities to market around…
Executive Summary Gartner proposes it has no bias, but they make the most income from the most significant vendors. Gartner’s content clearly shows a significant vendor bias. Introduction In 2006, InformationWeek wrote an article titled The Credibility of Analysts. IW brought up a fascinating point about Gartner and the overall analyst community in this article….
Executive Summary Forrester publishes some highly fluffy material designed to attract customers. We review some of this fluff and question what it means for how Forrester performs research. Video Introduction: Forrester’s NonStop Fluff Makes One Question Their Research Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) We found Forrester’s website both beautiful in its design…
Executive Summary We decided to compare the statistics for our website versus the other entities in the space. Find out how much we stacked up. Introduction This article takes the best-known entities in the space that cover the same area as Brightwork Research & Analysis. Developing the Method of Comparison Between the Websites There are…
Executive Summary Gartner has a pattern of making wrong predictions, which they demonstrated again by predicting that IBM Watson would succeed. How much are Gartner’s accuracy problems related to their income from vendors like IBM? Introduction Watson IBM is now broadly understood to be a failure. Yet, Gartner gave IBM Watson their seal of approval…
Executive Summary Gartner provides information the vendors and consulting companies want readers to think. This has similarities with Fox News (or CNN) as a provider of information crafted by the elites for the masses. Video Introduction: How Gartner is the Fox News or CNN of IT Analysts Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)…